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African Horror: An Anthology | Available Now

by Tahzeeb Akram

Features • News October 13, 2017

Burundi’s Pacifique Irankunda Awarded a $40,000 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant | Read an Excerpt from the Manuscript

by Otosirieze Obi-Young

Features • News October 13, 2017

Writing Black Canadas | Transition’s Issue 124 Has Wole Soyinka, Profiles Toni Morrison

by Otosirieze Obi-Young

Features • News October 11, 2017

“A Masterpiece”: Diriye Osman Weighs Juliane Okot Bitek’s Poetry Collection “100 Days”

by Otosirieze Obi-Young

Features • News October 11, 2017

The Single Story Foundation’s First Issue Is Here

by Otosirieze Obi-Young

Features • News October 10, 2017

Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing (Nearly) Claims Its Fourth Award of 2017

by Otosirieze Obi-Young

Features • News October 10, 2017

Get Ready for the 2017 Lagos International Poetry Festival, Featuring Chris Abani and Koleka Putuma

by Otosirieze Obi-Young

Features • News October 09, 2017

The Brittle Paper Award for Fiction: Meet the Nominees

by Otosirieze Obi-Young

Features • News October 09, 2017

Ikeogu Oke Awarded the 2017 NLNG Prize for His Poetry Collection The Heresiad

by Otosirieze Obi-Young